IBM said today that it would triple its investments in India to $6bn ($4.6bn) in the next three years, as the South Asian country becomes a cornerstone in the global network of the world’s largest computer services company.

IBM will report net income of 98 cents a share on sales of $21.4 billion, up from three cents and $19.65 billion in the same period a year earlier, according to the average estimates of analysts polled by Thomson.